Meningococcal Carriage in Umra Pilgrims Returning from Saudi Arabia | Zendy

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Meningococcal Carriage in Umra Pilgrims Returning from Saudi Arabia

Author(s) -

Annelies WilderSmith,

Timothy Barkham,

Nicholas I. Paton,

Arul Earnest

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

journal of travel medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1708-8305

pISSN - 1195-1982

DOI - 10.2310/7060.2003.35751

Subject(s) - hajj , carriage , pilgrimage , medicine , neisseria meningitidis , outbreak , meningococcal vaccine , meningococcal disease , virology , immunology , immunization , ancient history , antibody , geography , biology , bacteria , genetics , archaeology , pathology , islam , history

Moslems from all over the world go to Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia for two types of pilgrimage: the major pilgrimage (hajj) and the minor (umra). An international outbreak of meningococcal disease with serogroup W-135 occurred in association with hajj pilgrimage in the years 2000 and 2001, and it has been shown that pharyngeal carriage of a single W-135 strain was high in returning hajj pilgrims. We investigated the meningococcal carriage in umra pilgrims to determine the extent of circulation of this strain, during the minor pilgrimage.

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